Here are some great FREE apps perfect for Junior Primary students!
Japanese Flashcards Free version reads out & shows Numbers 1-10, months, and verbs. Interactive test is useful for students to check their knowledge. Great for learning to recognise Japanese numbers. Puppet Pals I love this app! Not specifically Japanese, but students can use it to create plays using the words they’ve learned. Well worth spending a couple of dollars to upgrade so students can use photos of themselves & their Japanese work in their plays. Great for encouraging students to speak in Japanese. Pocket Pond No language involved, this app is a cultural experience that takes students to a Japanese garden. Use buttons on corners of screen to add & remove carp, lotuses, dragonflies , and create a rainstorm. Gorgeous responsive graphics. Very soothing. I love it. Katakana Fantastic app for learning to write katakana (the ‘alphabet’ used for writing non-Japanese words). The ‘rap’ repetition of the sounds is a great feature, and I love how it won’t accept sloppy writing. Let’s write Japanese Cool app for learning to write hiragana. Students listen to each sound and trace the writing. I love how it tells you off for sloppy writing. Hiragana Lite Flashcards for learning hiragana. No sound so relies on a degree of literacy, ie., students must be able to read in English. Better for older students. Lingu Pinguin Very cute interactive app for learning animals, transport, food. Students touch the picture and hear the word. Word Power A bit tricky to use. Ignore the ‘Word a day’ which is usually something obscure. Click on Study Courses, choose Level 1, then choose from a category including numbers, the body, days of the week, etc. Students can listen to the word – press the Play button to listen as often as you like. Students can record themselves repeating each word. Hiragana Study Buddy Flashcards for learning & testing hiragana. No sound & relies on a degree of literacy in English so, again, better for older students. Japanese Free A wide range of words. Press the Play button as often as you like to hear each word repeated. Talking Tom 2 So cute! Not specifically Japanese but a great fun app that will appeal to Junior Primary children. Speak to Tom and he repeats back in a funny voice. Some very silly options that kids will love. Great for encouraging children to speak in Japanese. Bento! Lite Cute app with a cultural rather than language focus. Students make up a lunchbox full of food, Japanese style. Not much language involved except recognition of kanji for small, regular & large. Suzie’s Sushi Cultural focus again. Students make sushi for customers. No Japanese language used but gives a good idea of making sushi! Sumo Fighter Just for fun; interesting to learn about sumo. The SUMO Again, just for fun. Service Bell. Realistic but limited value! Use it in Japanese Shopping role plays etc. GrooveMaker Not specifically Japanese, but students can put Japanese words to a tune they create. Pocket Family Not specifically Japanese, but could be useful for revising Japanese family words.
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Here are some great FREE apps perfect for Junior Primary students!
Free version reads out & shows Numbers 1-10, months, and verbs.
Interactive test is useful for students to check their knowledge.
Great for learning to recognise Japanese numbers.
Puppet Pals
I love this app! Not specifically Japanese, but students can use it to create plays
using the words they’ve learned. Well worth spending a couple of dollars to upgrade
so students can use photos of themselves & their Japanese work in their plays.
Great for encouraging students to speak in Japanese.
Pocket Pond
No language involved, this app is a cultural experience that takes students
to a Japanese garden. Use buttons on corners of screen to add & remove carp,
lotuses, dragonflies , and create a rainstorm. Gorgeous responsive graphics.
Very soothing. I love it.
Katakana
Fantastic app for learning to write katakana (the ‘alphabet’ used for writing
non-Japanese words). The ‘rap’ repetition of the sounds is a great feature, and
I love how it won’t accept sloppy writing.
Let’s write Japanese
Cool app for learning to write hiragana. Students listen to each sound and trace
the writing. I love how it tells you off for sloppy writing.
Hiragana Lite
Flashcards for learning hiragana. No sound so relies on a degree of literacy,
ie., students must be able to read in English. Better for older students.
Lingu Pinguin
Very cute interactive app for learning animals, transport, food.
Students touch the picture and hear the word.
Word Power
A bit tricky to use. Ignore the ‘Word a day’ which is usually something obscure.
Click on Study Courses, choose Level 1, then choose from a category including numbers,
the body, days of the week, etc. Students can listen to the word – press the Play button
to listen as often as you like. Students can record themselves repeating each word.
Hiragana Study Buddy
Flashcards for learning & testing hiragana. No sound & relies on a degree of literacy
in English so, again, better for older students.
Japanese Free
A wide range of words. Press the Play button as often as you like to hear each word repeated.
Talking Tom 2
So cute! Not specifically Japanese but a great fun app that will appeal to Junior
Primary children. Speak to Tom and he repeats back in a funny voice.
Some very silly options that kids will love. Great for encouraging children to speak in Japanese.
Bento! Lite
Cute app with a cultural rather than language focus. Students make up a lunchbox
full of food, Japanese style. Not much language involved except recognition of
kanji for small, regular & large.
Suzie’s Sushi
Cultural focus again. Students make sushi for customers. No Japanese language used
but gives a good idea of making sushi!
Sumo Fighter
Just for fun; interesting to learn about sumo.
The SUMO
Again, just for fun.
Service Bell.
Realistic but limited value! Use it in Japanese Shopping role plays etc.
GrooveMaker
Not specifically Japanese, but students can put Japanese words to a tune they create.
Pocket Family
Not specifically Japanese, but could be useful for revising Japanese family words.